The Trump administration has introduced stricter vetting for H-1B visa applicants, ordering U.S. consular officers worldwide to scrutinize applicants’ resumes and LinkedIn profiles for any involvement in activities the administration considers “censorship.”
Axar.az, citing Reuters, reports that according to an internal State Department memo, applicants who worked in areas such as content moderation, online safety, fact-checking, misinformation, disinformation, or compliance may be deemed ineligible if they were involved in restricting protected speech in the United States.
The policy applies to both new and returning H-1B applicants and extends to accompanying family members.
The administration says it aims to prevent foreign workers from participating in censorship of Americans, citing past actions by social media companies against Trump.
H-1B visas are vital for U.S. tech firms, many of which backed Trump in the last election. The move is part of a broader free-speech-focused agenda that has recently tightened screening for student visas and imposed new H-1B fees.
Source: en.axar.az
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